Mainstays of the Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s strawweight division will match skills with one another when Mackenzie Dern opposes Angela Hill in the UFC Fight Night 223 main event. Meanwhile, former Legacy Fighting Alliance titleholder Anthony Hernandez confronts Dana White’s Contender Series graduate Edmen Shahbazyan in the three-round middleweight co-headliner at 185 pounds.
Date, Time, Location for UFC Fight Night 223
UFC Fight Night “Dern vs. Hill” goes down on Saturday, May 20 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The main card kicks off at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The prelims start at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT.
How to View UFC Fight Night ‘Dern vs. Hill’ Online
Anyone wishing to live stream UFC Fight Night 223 online will need to purchase an ESPN+ membership. The ESPN-owned streaming service has exclusive rights to UFC live streams, making ESPN+ the only way to view UFC Fight Night “Dern vs. Hill” online in the United States. The main card can be viewed on ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, while the prelims can be seen on ESPN+ at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT. Meanwhile, BT Sport is the lone broadcaster showing UFC Fight Night 223 live in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Coverage begins at 10 p.m. BST. Finally, Foxtel TV customers in Australia can stream UFC Fight Night “Dern vs. Hill” online by using the Foxtel Go app and may also sign up for Kayo to watch ESPN online.
UFC Fight Night 223 Card, Odds
BetUS.com tabs Dern as a -175 favorite in the main event, with Hill as a +145 underdog. In the co-headliner, Hernandez is favored at -200, with Shahbazyan coming back at +160.
Dern, 30, has rattled off four wins across her past six appearances. The 2015 Abu Dhabi Combat Club Submission Wrestling World Championships gold medalist last competed at UFC Fight Night 211, where she wound up on the wrong side of a majority decision against Xiaonan Yan on Oct. 1. Hill, meanwhile, enters the cage on the strength of a modest two-fight winning streak. The 38-year-old former Invicta Fighting Championships titleholder last fought on Dec. 3, when she laid claim to a unanimous verdict over the aforementioned Ducote at UFC on ESPN 42.
UFC Fight Night “Dern vs. Hill” also features a catchweight clash pitting Lupita Godinez (-155) against Emily Ducote (+125) at 120 pounds, a welterweight affair slotting Joaquin Buckley (-210) opposite Andre Fialho (+165) and a pair of lightweight tilts, as Diego Ferreira (-165) meets Michael Johnson (+135) and Viacheslav Borshchev (-160) faces Maheshate Hayisaer +130). Women’s strawweights anchor the undercard, where onetime KSW champion Karolina Kowalkiewicz (-135) does battle with Vanessa Demopoulos (+105) at 115 pounds. The rest of the UFC Fight Night 223 lineup: Orion Cosce (-120) vs. Gilbert Urbina (-110) at welterweight, Rodrigo Nascimento (-200) vs. Ilir Latifi (+160) at heavyweight, Nick Fiore (-125) vs. Chase Hooper (-105) at lightweight, Natalia Silva (-1000) vs. Victoria Leonardo (+160) at women’s flyweight and Themba Gorimbo (-125) vs. Takashi Sato (-105) at welterweight.
More Coverage »
• Preview: The Main Card
• Preview: The Prelims
• Beforemath: Can Dern Find the Takedowns?
• By The Numbers: Shahbazyan vs. Hernandez
• Rivalries: Diego Ferreira
• 5 Things You Might Not Know About Emily Ducote